Hospital furniture, choose the right accessories.
Written by Author on November 20th, 2008Bed accessories for hospital equipment
Hospital beds and other hospital furniture , how to make the right choice. Patient lifting poles are essential for the comfort of the patients to help the patient to lift himself by a adjustable handle hanging from the pole, the patient lifting pole are available in following different options:
Firstly the bed fitted patient lifting pole or drop in pole fits on beds factory prepared to fit the lifting pole.
Another option of patient lifting poles is a universal patient lifting pole suitable for old type of beds or beds that are not prepared to fit a patient lifting pole. The pole is so manufactured and designed that it can adapt to different beds by a adjusting top hook and a fixed bottom hook that hooks to the vertical tubing sections at the head ends of the hospital beds.
Secondly a wall mounted patient lifting pole is available that is mounted with raw bolts to the wall so that the pole hangs over the bed at the head end. Two options of the wall mounted patient lifting pole are available, one is a standard pole and the second is a swing away patient lifting pole.
Thirdly a free standing patient lifting pole is available that is so designed that it is light weight and fits underneath the hospital bed at the head end to hang over the bed for the patient to use.
Fourthly a mobile lifting patient lifting pole is available so designed similar as the free standing patient lifting pole but on braking castors for easy moving the pole.
Extension operator with clamps is so designed to fit on the feet end of the bed by means of a clamp, it is adjustable and has a pulley to provide for a rope from a traction unit from the patient with a weight hanger and weights.
Weight hanger and weights are separately available, the weight hanger is so designed that it has a hook at the top for a rope and a platform at the bottom to fit weights. The special designed weights has a slot at one side, a centre hole and the top end and bottom of the weight is so designed that the different sizes weights can be stacked firmly on top of each other.
Traction orthopedic frames are available for different traction needs for patients and has a sink plated finish frame work available in the following options:
Balkan frames for 6 pulleys fits to hospital beds on four points with four uprights and a vertical bar at the head end and feet end above the bed with a vertical bar from the head end to the feet end on witch 6 pulleys are mounted. The middle vertical bar can be moved to the left and right of the bed and the pulleys can be moved the full length of the middle vertical bar.
Multipurpose orthopedic frame is has two vertical middle bars each with 6 pulleys, the vertical bars can be moved from left to right and the pulleys can be moved the whole length of the vertical bars. Attached extra to the multi purpose frame is a patient lifting handle and a operator extension pulley on a vertical height adjustable bar.
Loose pulleys with mounting brackets are available in a choice of double or single pulleys to fit on these Balkan frames.
More information on Hospital Furniture can be located at the Medfurn website. Lots of advice and tips can be found there. Quality in Hospital Equipment is always important. Make the right choice from the beginning. Hospital furniture is expensive , get some tips on how to combine this units for the best results.